# Athlos Oy

> Athlos Oy is a Finnish X-ray imaging technology company that develops and manufactures direct conversion CdTe-CMOS and Si-CMOS sensors for dental, medical, and industrial imaging. The founding team invented direct conversion X-ray imaging in 1993 and has shipped thousands of units worldwide across three successive companies (Simage, Ajat, Athlos). Products are designed and manufactured in Espoo, Finland, at Athlos's own facilities and at the VTT Micronova cleanroom. The company is ISO 13485:2016 certified; DC-Air® is FDA 510(k) cleared.

Key facts:
- Company: Athlos Oy (Business ID 2752258-9, VAT FI27522589)
- Headquarters: Klovinpellontie 1-3, Tower 2, FIN-02180 Espoo, Finland
- Founder / CEO: Konstantinos Spartiotis (PhD, formerly at CERN and Johns Hopkins University; founded Simage Oy in 1993 and Ajat Oy in 2001)
- Core technology: Direct conversion — X-ray photons converted directly into electrical pulses, with no scintillator.
- Materials: CdTe-CMOS (cadmium telluride bump-bonded to a full-custom CMOS readout ASIC) and Si-CMOS hybrid direct conversion.
- Certifications: ISO 13485:2016; DC-Air® holds FDA 510(k) clearance for dental intraoral X-ray imaging.
- Distribution reach: 38 markets through distribution partners.
- Contact: info@athlos.fi · https://athlos.fi · https://www.linkedin.com/company/athlos-oy/

## Products

- [DC-Air® Wireless Intraoral Sensor](https://athlos.fi/products/wios.html): Fully wireless Si-CMOS direct conversion intraoral dental X-ray sensor. Bluetooth 5.0 (BLE 5.0), up to 3 m sensor range, up to 300 X-rays per battery charge, enhanced IP67 enclosure, Zero Profile® holder set, FDA 510(k) cleared. Active area 35.1 × 24.7 mm². MTF >70% @ 5 lp, >40% @ 10 lp. Sizes 1 and 2.
- [Ultra-Fast Scanning Sensor (UFS)](https://athlos.fi/products/ufs.html): CdTe-CMOS single-photon-sensitive linear scanning sensor for dental panoramic, cephalometric, medical, and industrial X-ray imaging. Three models (UFS150, UFS225, UFS460) with selectable active widths.
- [Industrial IP67 TDI](https://athlos.fi/products/ufs-ip67.html): IP67-rated ultra-fast TDI scanning detector for continuous inline industrial inspection. No active cooling required. Food & beverage, pharma, oil & gas, automotive, electronics, heavy-industry NDT.
- [Manufacturing Services](https://athlos.fi/products/manufacturing.html): Contract detector manufacturing — CMOS wafer bumping, flip-chip bonding, wire bonding, die assembly, characterization. Production at Athlos and the VTT Micronova cleanroom.
- [Software Products](https://athlos.fi/products/software.html): TWAIN module, reconstruction algorithm libraries, post-processing filters, SDK. Integrates with Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Dexis, TigerView, Romexis, Acteon, Apteryx, XDR Radiology, and other TWAIN-enabled dental imaging platforms.

## Applications

- [Dental Imaging](https://athlos.fi/applications.html#dental)
- [Medical Imaging](https://athlos.fi/applications.html#medical)
- [Industrial Inspection](https://athlos.fi/applications.html#industrial)

## Company

- [About Athlos](https://athlos.fi/about.html)
- [Contact](https://athlos.fi/contact.html)
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